title: Self-sufficient and exclusive oxygenation of methane and its source materials with oxygen to methanol via metgas using oxidative bi-reforming.
abstract: A combination of complete methane combustion with oxygen of the air coupled with bi-reforming leads to the production of metgas (H2/CO in 2:1 mole ratio) for exclusive methanol synthesis. The newly developed oxidative bi-reforming allows direct oxygenation of methane to methanol in an overall economic and energetically efficient process, leaving very little, if any, carbon footprint or byproducts.
authors.affiliation: Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, California 90089-1661, USA. olah@usc.edu
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Olah
authors.forename: G K Surya
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goeppert
authors.forename: Miklos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czaun
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mathew
mesh_terms: D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D008697:Methane / Q000737:chemistry*; D000432:Methanol / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D006859:Hydrogen; D008697:Methane; D010100:Oxygen; D000432:Methanol